From:
"Bonnie Russell"
Date: 2009-07-20 13:26:14 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re:Need info on Coccidia-like organism-Update
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
-Thanks for the info! We did start the ferrets on Albon and Ponazuril and all ferrets are doing much better..no more outbreaks or bad poo and no losses thankfully!
We have not got back the final results from Michigan yet, but i heard that the sample sent over there was from a ferret who already started albon so it may not show anything.
Those meds had an amazingly quick positive affect.
As-- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, AFERRETVET@... wrote:
>
> Hi Bonnie,
> Glad Matti and the folks at Michigan State are on the case.
> From your description I would suspect coccidiosis
> from Eimeria furonis. However whether it is Isospora or
> Eimeria does not matter that much. Both are treated
> with the same medications. Albon, trimethoprim-sulfa,
> or ponazuril (Marquis by Bayer) can be used along with
<SNIP>
[Moderator's Note:
Too many of the everyday labs that are used by vets are
still missing the smaller sized genera of coccidia and
that has resulted in deaths in a number of locations.
When vets send what may be coccidia specimens to the
usual labs used there are some useful things for the vets
to make sure the labs understand about ferrets with
coccidia by using the cumulative info from these 5 past
posts in the archives:
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL9496
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL9021
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YPG616
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/YPG590
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL8995 ]
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